Font Size
Proverbs 13:18
New English Translation
Proverbs 13:18
New English Translation
18 The one who neglects[a] discipline ends up in[b] poverty and shame,
but the one who accepts reproof is honored.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:18 tn The verb III פָּרַע (paraʿ) normally means “to let go; to let alone” and here “to neglect; to avoid; to reject” (BDB 828 s.v.).
- Proverbs 13:18 tn The phrase “ends up in” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.
- Proverbs 13:18 sn Honor and success are contrasted with poverty and shame; the key to enjoying the one and escaping the other is discipline and correction. W. McKane, Proverbs (OTL), 456, notes that it is a difference between a man of weight (power and wealth, from the idea of “heavy” for “honor”) and the man of straw (lowly esteemed and poor).
Proverbs 13:18
Easy-to-Read Version
Proverbs 13:18
Easy-to-Read Version
18 If you refuse to learn from your mistakes, you will be poor, and no one will respect you. If you listen when you are criticized, you will be honored.
Read full chapter
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International